A bill to create a state code of military justice for Massachusetts has been approved by a joint committee of the state legislature. according to
this report.
“Lt. Col. Shannon McLaughlin, the Massachusetts National Guard’s state judge advocate, said the National Guard has run into situations in which two people are subject to two different penalties for the same violation because one was subject to the federal Uniform Code of Military Conduct [sic] and the other was on state duty.
“You could have two people doing the same criminal act, one would be treated very differently than the other and yet they wear the same uniform and they’re doing the job side by side,” she said.
The code of conduct [sic] would apply to desertion, absence without leave, espionage, drunken operation of a vehicle, dueling, malingering and rioting, according to the National Guard. Massachusetts is one of seven states that does not have a state code of military justice.
Good to know about dueling.
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